Internet Famous is finally available in print, through Amazon.com. Currently, they’re selling it for full price ($24.99), but I’ve heard through other authors that once it’s also available through other bookstores, Amazon will most likely discount that to compete. Of course, it could take up to five more weeks for other bookstores to start carrying it, so if you don’t want to wait, you’ll have to pay full price.

Here’s this week’s publishing and writing news.

Amazon is dealing with backlash over the removal of gay and lesbian lit books from their sales rank statistics. Their reason? They’ve deemed them “adult” content. The big question now is why they didn’t do the same for a collection of Playboy centerfolds? An article over on The Guardian offers a good overview. Here’s Amazon’s response to the whole thing (they’re calling it a glitch on their part) and here’s another article where a hacker/troll is claiming responsibility (though Amazon appears to deny this claim). The whole thing has been one giant mess, but I’m glad to see it’s being sorted out. Here’s another article from seattlepi.com that offers up an insider’s account of what happened.